During an engine failure there are a few things you want to do. I found this interesting when I was learning about flying lessons etc. The order varies based on the plane you’re flying and the situation obviously, but having good training is required so you reflexively take the appropriate action during an emergency.
1. Fly the airplane
2. Point it toward a landing site.
3. Establish best-glide airspeed.
4. Next, if you’ve got enough altitude, which equals time, confirm the failure.
5. Follow appropriate restart procedures for your aircraft.
6. Finally, if the restart fails, then you’ll land the aircraft without power.
Basically control the airplane. Losing power can cause a massive loss in climb if during takeoff, requiring you to push super far forward to try to avoid a stall. And losing power at speed can cause a major pitch down due to lack of thrust. So you have to pull way back to maintain a flyable plane.
Then you point towards a landing spot. You dont want to be diagnosing problems or trying to fix stuff as you glide further and further away from a good landing spot. Get that idea together before you start trying to debug your plane.
Then this is what I found interesting: Every plane has an optimal glide to fall ratio. Essentially some planes can glide faster better, others glide slower better. Better in this case is “how far you can travel forward for each unit you fall towards the earth.” So you want to give yourself the most distance possible. You set up the plane to maximize this glide property and hold that speed (and your heading towards a landing place)
Then you can start working through the failure itself. Check to make sure you haven’t messed something up or missed something obvious. If you have a fuel issue makes you are using the correct tank, make sure you are actually having the failure you believe you are having. You want to make sure that you truly are having the issue you believe you are having. If you can just switch to the correct tank you aren’t actually experiencing a failure and can ‘fix’ the problem easily. You also want to confirm you have actually lost your engine. Maybe something happened and its still running its just not putting out power like it should and this can be mitigated using different settings the pilot can control.
After you confirm you truly have an engine failure there is a set procedure to restart the engine. Keep in mind at this point you’re pointing towards a field, you’re checking your heading to keep going that direction, you’re checking your airspeed to keep the give yourself the most time, you’ve confirmed you’ve got a major issue and *now* you have to go through your emergency procedures for restarting your engine. Each plane has its own sequence of settings to check and things to try, the order of which is important. Pilots should have this stuff down to muscle memory essentially. There are checklists and such as well, but if you fly the plane frequently it should be completely memorized.
If you cant restart its time to focus fully on the actual landing. You’re going to be avoiding power lines, looking for flat land, checking brush, trees, water, etc. You may want to circle back to a spot you’re currently over or set up an approach from a different angle if you have the time and altitude to use. You will confirm a landing location. At this point if you have time you’re going to radio in and alert the nearest airtraffic controller that you’re about to try to pull some shit off. Then you’re going to land your plane in your targeted spot.
Now go back and watch the video and realize how much shit is going through the pilots head. He’s flying relatively low to the ground and immediately has to process. He landed exactly 1 minute after the first engine failure. He also took complete advantage when the engine restarted to gain significant elevation and airspeed to use if it failed again. He also maintained his course on the landing spot he set. At the second failure he cemented he was landing and executed. Lots of crazy stuff. I’m always really impressed by pilots (and non pilots) who manage to land in emergency situations.
He nailed this emergency landing. As a Pilot chiming in. Here is the check list I was taught. ABCD…
Airspeed (glide speed) trim for it
Best place to land, find it or keep looking
Check lists. Start trouble shooting
Declare an emergency
Really shows how badly faked that recent viral crash is. Trained pilots fly the airplane. Brief moment of (very understandable!) panic up front followed by doing the right things in the right order. Liked how he listened and communicated with the copilot (or passenger; not sure) but ultimately made the calls and did it right.
i thought you were supposed to bail out with your parachute while recording the plane hitting the ground while you hold your bros ashes? what in the faa is this?
And he parked it.
That was such a great save.
So when this gets repaired, will they let him take off from the road again. Or will it be towed to some where safer to take off ?
“Watch the wing! Watch the wing”
“Fuck the wing”
At least I think that’s what he said
Wait… I thought I was supposed to abandon ship and let the plane crash into the side of a mountain??
I don’t know what to believe anymore.
During an engine failure there are a few things you want to do. I found this interesting when I was learning about flying lessons etc. The order varies based on the plane you’re flying and the situation obviously, but having good training is required so you reflexively take the appropriate action during an emergency.
1. Fly the airplane
2. Point it toward a landing site.
3. Establish best-glide airspeed.
4. Next, if you’ve got enough altitude, which equals time, confirm the failure.
5. Follow appropriate restart procedures for your aircraft.
6. Finally, if the restart fails, then you’ll land the aircraft without power.
Basically control the airplane. Losing power can cause a massive loss in climb if during takeoff, requiring you to push super far forward to try to avoid a stall. And losing power at speed can cause a major pitch down due to lack of thrust. So you have to pull way back to maintain a flyable plane.
Then you point towards a landing spot. You dont want to be diagnosing problems or trying to fix stuff as you glide further and further away from a good landing spot. Get that idea together before you start trying to debug your plane.
Then this is what I found interesting: Every plane has an optimal glide to fall ratio. Essentially some planes can glide faster better, others glide slower better. Better in this case is “how far you can travel forward for each unit you fall towards the earth.” So you want to give yourself the most distance possible. You set up the plane to maximize this glide property and hold that speed (and your heading towards a landing place)
Then you can start working through the failure itself. Check to make sure you haven’t messed something up or missed something obvious. If you have a fuel issue makes you are using the correct tank, make sure you are actually having the failure you believe you are having. You want to make sure that you truly are having the issue you believe you are having. If you can just switch to the correct tank you aren’t actually experiencing a failure and can ‘fix’ the problem easily. You also want to confirm you have actually lost your engine. Maybe something happened and its still running its just not putting out power like it should and this can be mitigated using different settings the pilot can control.
After you confirm you truly have an engine failure there is a set procedure to restart the engine. Keep in mind at this point you’re pointing towards a field, you’re checking your heading to keep going that direction, you’re checking your airspeed to keep the give yourself the most time, you’ve confirmed you’ve got a major issue and *now* you have to go through your emergency procedures for restarting your engine. Each plane has its own sequence of settings to check and things to try, the order of which is important. Pilots should have this stuff down to muscle memory essentially. There are checklists and such as well, but if you fly the plane frequently it should be completely memorized.
If you cant restart its time to focus fully on the actual landing. You’re going to be avoiding power lines, looking for flat land, checking brush, trees, water, etc. You may want to circle back to a spot you’re currently over or set up an approach from a different angle if you have the time and altitude to use. You will confirm a landing location. At this point if you have time you’re going to radio in and alert the nearest airtraffic controller that you’re about to try to pull some shit off. Then you’re going to land your plane in your targeted spot.
Now go back and watch the video and realize how much shit is going through the pilots head. He’s flying relatively low to the ground and immediately has to process. He landed exactly 1 minute after the first engine failure. He also took complete advantage when the engine restarted to gain significant elevation and airspeed to use if it failed again. He also maintained his course on the landing spot he set. At the second failure he cemented he was landing and executed. Lots of crazy stuff. I’m always really impressed by pilots (and non pilots) who manage to land in emergency situations.
I thought you just jump out with a parachute and selfie stick to document everything?
Do they coordinate with local police to block off the road?
Edit: Before it lands
People who clap when planes land are the worst.
I didn’t like that the passenger started messing with the key switches that would’ve pissed me off.
The only time youre allowed to clap upon landing of an aircraft
How do you get the plane off the road? Does it need to have its wings taken off for transport?
The most unneeded “sorry” I’ve ever heard
Pilot: “I’m sorry, man!”
Passenger: “Nah, dude–that was fucking *perfect!*”
Thankfully he got the engine restarted or that would have ended much worse
Wow really really good job
You’d think an emergency plane pilot would’ve seen this coming.
He nailed this emergency landing. As a Pilot chiming in. Here is the check list I was taught. ABCD…
Airspeed (glide speed) trim for it
Best place to land, find it or keep looking
Check lists. Start trouble shooting
Declare an emergency
That was a great save.
Really shows how badly faked that recent viral crash is. Trained pilots fly the airplane. Brief moment of (very understandable!) panic up front followed by doing the right things in the right order. Liked how he listened and communicated with the copilot (or passenger; not sure) but ultimately made the calls and did it right.
i thought you were supposed to bail out with your parachute while recording the plane hitting the ground while you hold your bros ashes? what in the faa is this?